I don’t like the name Junk Journaling… it makes my art seem like junk. And I have enough hang ups and issues going on in my head when it comes to art, I don’t need to deal with an additional mental obstacle. It’s ART journaling. Thank you. :)

I journal daily though I’ve noticed over the years it has become less detailed and meaningful. Now I feel like I’m just recounting the ‘highlights’ of my day and while that has a place in my journal, I’d like to get it back to being a little more introspective. This may just be bunk but I noticed it happen when I switched from unlined to lined journals. I used to do lots of doodles and prompts, but now what I write seems so boring. Can’t wait to see what the rest of the Steepster community has to say though!

Following up on my own thoughts: a number of times I have looked into/read books on journaling with prompts and exercises, as well as websites with prompts and activities. I like to ‘be creative’, but I seem to have trouble finding the spark. What works for you guys?

Yes. Obsessed. I have so many unfilled journals and fancy pens from amazing little papercraft stores!

As for spark, I’ve had many different journals in the past, but the one that I was easily able to do every day but still had meaning and could go anywhere from one sentence to a few pages was this prompt:

Today…

I love the smell of:
I love the taste of:
I love the feel of:
I love the sight of:
I love the sound of:

I just enjoyed going into the sensory of the “every day” and finding something special :)

I used to have dozens of journals from when I was growing up and then just stopped doing it. Then I got into art journaling but made a mess! LOL – I want to get back into the more simple doodles and writing, etc. I’m kinda at that same point now…need more concrete starter-points.

I really need to get back into PhotoBucket or a LIKE service for that sort of thing and so I can post the linkage here, I guess. My flickr was hacked or something long ago because of the Yahoo-Madness!

I was put on notice a few years ago and not allowed to buy any more journals until I use all mine. I am SO close! Barely resisting the urge to go to DeSerres and pick up this flexible red unlined journal that I have coveted for two years…and some fun new pens. It’s totally practical to have a daily journal, a doodle journal AND a book journal on the go at once, right??!

I have a gratitude journal that I really enjoy. It helps me keep things in perspective. The idea of a commitment journal is really appealing, too. I’m one of those people who tends to lose steam halfway through a project because I get caught up in all the little details and lose sight of the big picture.

I journal every now and then. I used to be really good about writing almost everyday. I called the books “thoughtbooks” because they weren’t just daily diaries but all my random rants. I recently found the book from 2000, when I was in college, during the presidential election (hanging chad, anyone). Another one discussed Sept. 11 and yet another my wedding in Vegas when I got married on the radio! I’m so glad I wrote about that stuff. I used to just write to stay in practice, but now that I write for a living I should just do it for fun! :)